#HTDIO

[thesquirrelqueer]

I cannot stress this enough that how to dance in ohio is about autistic YOUNG ADULTS. not kids. remy is the only character who is under the age of 18. it is so important that the show be known as being about autistic adults because so often autism is seen as something that only affects kids or when we do become adults we are almost always infantilized. how to dance in ohio is about YOUNG ADULTS, not KIDS

[muppetmagic]

happy trails 'how to dance in ohio' (12/10/23 - 02/11/24)

we all deserve a second chance, so welcome to the second-chance-dance!

[thetisming]

guess my top 3. lol

[spirngakawening]

happy today is friday in ohio friday

[stuff-plus-textposts]

HTDIO because this show has me in a CHOKEHOLD

Bonus picture of me when I saw the show!

[jewish-fanboy]

something i really really love about htdio is how the members of spectrum club 7 cope with thoughts/feelings/situations with their special interests cuz hey i do that too! and i feel like it reflects a part of the autistic experience that is ignored a lot

marideth (my favorite!!) deals with the questions from her dad that she doesn’t want to answer about the dance and the uncomfortable situation in the diner by reciting facts about australia (leading into the song unlikely animals). she also thinks about her feelings for drew through the lens of continents and geography (in the song drift) which makes it easier for her to deal with. AND the way that she ends up talking to drew about her feelings for him is also through facts, when she talks about the history behind formal dances

caroline thinks a lot about her relationship with her boyfriend in terms of her interest in royalty and historical figures (like how all the costumes in the song slow dance are very historical)

jessica plans her conversations with tommy to be about dragons, instead of directly having to talk about her feelings, and she spends a lot of time thinking about dragons and fantasy (“don’t get me started on dragons,” and the way she gets a sword as her prize for being the intergalactic superhero of the formal)

drew talks about his feelings about change and marideth and social situations through the lens of engineering (in the song waves and wires) and especially his thoughts about emotions (“light is made of waves, sound is made of waves, feelings come in waves)”

remy talks a lot about their feelings about identity through his cosplays (especially in the song nothing at all) and how they express all the different facets of their identity and feelings as other people (“when i am sherlock the world makes perfect sense”)

tommy talks about independence and what he wants through his focus on driving (in the song chevy silverado)

mel uses their interest in reptiles to get a promotion in their job and their interest in quotes and literature to make friends (during their conversations with ashley)

i just think it’s really cool to see this kind of thing represented!!

[ashleywool]

How to Dance in Ohio

2 Dance 2 Ohio

The Dance in Ohio: Tokyo Cat Cafe

The Dance and the Ohio: Continental Drift

Dance Five

Dance & Ohio 6

Furious 7

[the-river-rix]

Shout out to the like five other people in the how to dance in Ohio trenches

[betterwithbooksthanwithpeople]

happy comic sans meme day to those who celebrate

[memesandmusicalss]

FUCKING GET THEIR ASS PLAYBILL 💥💥💥💥

[de-lyc-ful]

Ok so now that we have Liam Pearce as the new principal Romeo we have to figure out who from the Ohio cast would play the other characters. I know almost nothing about & Juliet so the only person I feel qualified to say “you should play them” is Ashley Wool as Anne Hathaway because yep that sure is an Empowered White Woman.

[thesquirrelqueer]

i’m not allowed to think about how the theatre industry treats shows about young neurodivergent people because if I do i’ll start biting people

[muppetmagic]

just give me trust and watch what'll happen!

[thetisming]

do NOT watch this tutorial gang. i tried but i still can't dance because it ONLY taught me how to dance in ONE STATE. cant have shit outside of ohio

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

BUT MOST OF THE SPACES THAT I WANT TO GET TO WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR ME

[itsjustfirealarms]

BEST CAST RECORDING OF THE SEASON JUST DROPPED